How anti-Muslim rhetoric is influencing the pivotal Michigan Senate race – The Washington Post
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NPR Story on Charlie Kirk Doxxing Focus Draws Conservative Backlash– www.newsbusters.org
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NPR’s Weekend Edition September 12 story by “domestic extremism correspondent” Odette Yousef once again only spied extremists on the right side of the ideological divide, ignoring worse activity on the left, and ridiculously implied that conservatives invented “doxxing” — revealing private information about a person online toward hostile ends — after the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Yousef’s story began at Utah Valley University, the place where Charlie Kirk was assassinated on September 10 of last year.
The quiet of the courtyard belies the violence that took place in it a year ago, and the deepened social rupture that followed. The hard-right activist was killed in front of an audience of thousands while he was debating a student with progressive political views. The co-founder and then-leader of Turning Point USA, Kirk was arguably the most influential conservative youth movement leader in a generation – and his death set off an unprecedented frenzy of intimidation, harassment and threats that seemingly reached into every corner of the country.
“Unprecedented frenzy”? Was Yousef sleeping during Woke One, where anyone in liberal-leaning occupations who dissented online from the prevailing views about George Floyd, transgenderism, or vaccination were at risk of harassment or firing? X is full of woke atrocities that the elite media would prefer be flushed down the memory hole.
Now, Yousef seems to lament that liberals can’t express glee over the murder of conservatives without consequence. She conveniently pinpointed the “accelerated erosion of political norms” onto the “last decade” — i.e. Trump’s first election.
“After Charlie [Kirk was assassinated]. … you didn’t need to be [targeted by] one of the big [social media] accounts, obviously, for anyone to find you,” said Shauna Dillavou, CEO of Brightlines, a doxing prevention service. “Your neighbor found you or your friends found you. A comment in a closed group chat that would get screenshotted and passed up the chain. And that was the big shift: the neighbor-on-neighbor, trusted circle, inner sanctum violence.”
Even Republican pollsters see a blue wave– www.dailykos.com
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As polls turn further toward Democrats ahead of November’s midterm elections, one might expect Republican pollsters to try to cut against that narrative and release some data to put a damper on all this blue-wave talk. But so far, they generally aren’t doing that.
A spate of new surveys from GOP-affiliated pollsters show Democrats well positioned across key Senate races.
In Texas’ Senate contest, two Republican polls show Democratic nominee James Talarico ahead of Republican nominee Ken Paxton. One from InsiderAdvantage shows Talarico up 2 points, while another, from SoCal Strategies, has him leading Paxton by 5 points.
One InsiderAdvantage poll even shows a close race in South Carolina’s Senate race: Democratic nominee Annie Andrews trails Republican Sen. Darline Graham by just 2 points. That is remarkable for a state that President Donald Trump won in 2024 by 18 points, and where no Democratic Senate nominee has lost by less than 9.6 points since the 1990s.
Notably, the only nonpartisan poll released since the start of July, from Abacus Data, showed Graham ahead of Andrews by 13 points.
Trafalgar Group, a GOP pollster infamous for its opaque methodology, finds the Democratic Senate candidates ahead in Michigan (D+2), North Carolina (D+6), and Georgia (D+7). All of those results are roughly in line with those from nonpartisan firms, despite Trafalgar having a track record of bias toward Republican candidates.
Trump Wants to Make His Triumphal Arch a Killing Machine – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com
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President Donald Trump holds a model of his proposed arch during a ballroom fundraising dinner in the White House on October 15, 2025.Kevin Dietsch/Getty
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President Donald Trump said that he plans to make his proposed 250-foot arch in Washington, DC, a “top grade military complex” that holds large stores of weaponry, citing national security reasons and a “strong request” from the US military.
Trump added in his Sunday post on Truth Social that the planned “Triumphal Arch” near the National Mall would “have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas.”
The president first proposed building the arch last October to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary. The much-criticized project, as currently planned, would tower over most other DC landmarks—the tallest being the Washington Monument, at approximately 555 feet—and block the view of Arlington National Cemetery from the Lincoln Memorial.
Three Vietnam War veterans sued the administration to prevent construction of the arch based on the view issue, and also because Trump has not secured the required approval from Congress. Earlier this month, a federal judge ordered the administration to provide 48 hours’ notice before doing any work on the project, but has yet to rule on the merits of the case.
Iran is suffering yet surviving under Trump’s economic warfare– www.washingtonpost.com
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Iran is suffering under increasing economic pressure two months into a renewed U.S. naval blockade of its ports that has choked off oil exports, deprived Tehran billions of dollars in critical state revenue and is threatening the country with a severe shortage of the foreign currency it needs to pay for remaining imports.
Poll: Here’s what really matters for ‘electability’– www.politico.com
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Voters are perfectly fine supporting candidates who aren’t white men.
But they do show small preferences for candidates who are younger and Christian, according to new results from The POLITICO Poll. And voters were most likely to penalize transgender candidates in hypothetical matchups, though Democrats were more likely to support them than GOP voters were.
The results cast a new light on a simmering, yearslong public conversation within both parties about what it means to be electable and whether putting forward candidates of varying backgrounds is too politically risky in a close election environment. It’s a debate that defined the last open Democratic presidential primary in 2020 and is poised to play a role in 2028 too.
Democrats have largely focused their debates on whether voters would accept a person of color or a woman, particularly after President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Kamala Harris in 2024 — while losing to Joe Biden in 2020. But the poll results suggest the characteristics voters care most about are different, shaped by frustrations over aging politicians and both new and old culture wars.
“The American people, I believe, think about identity way less than the average political consultant does,” said Mike Nellis, a longtime Democratic digital strategist who advised Harris’ 2020 presidential campaign. “Obviously there are factors in society that make it harder for women and people of color to get elected, but there are plenty of incredibly talented people out there who are capable of getting over the hump on that.”
US House votes for a third time to end the Iran war as conflict drags on– www.euronews.com
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The vote took place late Tuesday, and for a third time, the US House voted to end the war in Iran, attempting to cut President Donald Trump’s ability to continue military action.
The roll call, 220-204, was similar to earlier efforts this summer, with a few more Republicans joining all Democrats voting to bring an end to the conflict. None of the resolutions have made it to the president’s desk, where Trump would almost certainly veto the measure.
“Remember when Donald Trump said that this war would last just a few weeks?” said Democrat Representative Seth Moulton, who served as a Marine during the Iraq War and pushed the resolution forward.
He said it’s time for Congress to “actually ask tough questions, as the Constitution directs us to do, rather than be subservient to another warmongering administration.”
Republican Representative Brian Mast of Florida, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, questioned which military resources Democrats would want to remove from the region where he said Iran remains a threat.
Mast said Trump is against “forever wars, and that is what he is ending” — the decades of hostilities from Iran.
“They are a continuous ongoing threat to the United States,” Mast said. “Enough is enough.”
Democrats demand to know where Venezuelan oil revenue is going– www.washingtonpost.com
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Three Democratic senators are pressing the Trump administration for transparency on billions of dollars in oil revenue from Venezuela believed to be in a U.S. government-controlled account.
In a letter obtained by The Washington Post, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) are asking Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for information about the status and use of this revenue, which is being disbursed from an account controlled by the Treasury.
NY Times Free Speech Analysis Exposes Media Bias Against Conservatives– www.newsbusters.org
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The New York Times has an annoying habit of topping its front page with an article labeled “News Analysis.” In reality, it’s a badly disguised editorial, often inveighing against their rage target Donald Trump.
In 2024, Times White House correspondent Peter Baker wrote a “news analysis” nudging voters to pick the Democrats with the question “If a Felon Becomes President, Can Anyone Limit His Power?” In February, White House correspondent Katie Rogers offered a combative rebuttal to Trump’s State of the Union address under the headline “Casting Democrats as Villains, Trump Produces a Spectacle.”
The Times thinks no one should ever paint Democrats as villains. They should be considered the best humans in America. Another Baker “news analysis” after the October 7, 2023 slaughter in Israel oozed “Mr. Biden flew to Israel on Wednesday to give the whole country a hug.”
Topping the Sunday paper on September 13 was an Trump-trashing editorial by White House correspondent Maggie Haberman (maligned as “Maggot Hagerman” on Trump’s Truth Social account) and writer-at-large Jim Rutenberg. The headline warned: “A Sweeping Effort To Stifle Free Speech: Trump Deploys Agencies and Lawsuits.”
Trump FCC Equal Time Threats Force Jimmy Kimmel To Move Key Texas Senate Interview to YouTube – inkl
Trump FCC Equal Time Threats Force Jimmy Kimmel To Move Key Texas Senate Interview to YouTube – inkl
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Iran War Updates: U.N. panel cites possible U.S. war crimes as Trump again says Iran wants a deal– www.cbsnews.com
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Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N. say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab.
The international fact-finding mission on Iran says the findings center on a pair of airstrikes which killed at least 178 civilians, including women and children.
“Following the United States and Israeli attacks on 28 February, the mission found reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed the war crime of launching indiscriminate attacks resulting in the loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects,” the fact-finding team said in a statement.
The team also said that killings by Iranian state security forces occurred on a “staggering scale” in Iran.
At the start of the war in February, at least one U.S. missile hit the Shajareh Tayyebeh in Minab, according to an investigation by The Associated Press. Iranian state media have said 168 people were killed in the strike, most of them children.
El-Sayed Scolds Media: MI Cares About High Cost Of Living, Not A Twitch Streamer– crooksandliars.com
El-Sayed Scolds Media: MI Cares About High Cost Of Living, Not A Twitch Streamer– crooksandliars.com
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Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed grew frustrated with Face the Nation guest host Weija Jiang continually asking about Hasan Piker and explained the only topics people were interested in during his his four Michigan events were grocery prices, high doctor costs and the quality of air and water, not a Twitch streamer.
The only attack Republicans have on El-Sayed is being interviewed by Piker, and they know the media is only too willing to promote their memes.
JIANG: Well, there are Jewish voters in your state who are concerned about your relationship with Piker. You have condemned anti-Semitism, but not called out his rhetoric directly. Why not?
El-Sayed: Weijia, with all due respect, this is the third time you’ve asked about a Twitch streamer in California.
I’ve done four events in Michigan this week. You know what didn’t come up? Twitch streamers in California.
You know what did come up? Grocery prices. The fact that people can’t see a doctor. The worry that they have about the quality of air and water.
I’m not interested in having a conversation about streamers in California because they are not raising the prices of gas and groceries.
I’m more interested in having a conversation about tariff policies and trade wars we shouldn’t be fighting.
About hot wars with Iran.
About AI, which I know we were supposed to talk about right now.
So let’s actually talk about the issues that are affecting people instead of getting distracted by whatever the president says we should be talking about.
Their whole game is to make us fight culture war so that we don’t pay attention to the fact that the president has made $2.2 billion.
His family has made even more. How about your family in Michigan? How about your ability to afford the basic things?
How about the ability to believe that you could see a doctor without having to potentially fall into medical debt?
Those are the conversations that people are having. Those are the conversations I want to have.
So yeah, I’m not all that interested in having a conversation about a Twitch streamer, forgive me, when people can’t afford their gas and their groceries.
North Carolina Dem Candidate Supposedly “Running to Restore Human Decency” Endorses MASS GENOCIDE of Trump Voters, Says They Belong in Nazi Ovens– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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A North Carolina Democrat has sparked outrage after endorsing the mass genocide of anyone who supports President Trump and his policies:
As Breitbart reported, North Carolina Democrat state legislative candidate Shelly Headen posted a Facebook story last week from a vacation that shows her in front of ovens in a German concentration camp memorial.
Headen was visiting Dachau, where the memorial states that the Nazis murdered 41,500 Jewish people.
The post accompanying the story says, “Visiting Dauchau [sic] Concentration Camp in Germany… This is where Trump supporters belong.”
You read this right. Headen says every Trump fan deserves to be burned to death like over 6 million Jewish people during the Holocaust.
Bye, America: Trump’s rhetoric pushes some Canadians to shun the U.S. – The Washington Post– news.google.com
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- Bye, America: Trump’s rhetoric pushes some Canadians to shun the U.S. The Washington Post
- Canadian boycott of US products pushes grocers to adapt, explore new supply sources Reuters
- The trade deficit with Canada that’s upset Trump so much is due to oil the U.S. buys at a discount Fortune
- Canada and Iran Have Found Trump’s Achilles’ Heel newrepublic.com
- Trump widens trade war with Canada beyond tariffs. Here’s what to know AP News
Federal Judge Permanently Blocks Trump’s Unlawful Federal Oversight and Management Board Firings – yellowscene.com
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GOP leaders blindsided by Trump’s promise of $5K checks– www.politico.com
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DALLAS — Top Republican lawmakers had no idea President Donald Trump was going to promise $5,000 checks to every adult American so long as his party keeps control of Congress. Now, they’re grappling with how to handle the fallout.
GOP leaders have privately pushed back on similar Trump promises of giving money to Americans in the past year, according to four people granted anonymity to share details of closed-door meetings. Senior Republicans on Capitol Hill were blindsided by Trump’s Wednesday night announcement in Dallas, and are trying to manage lawmakers’ and voters’ expectations about a trillion-dollar-plus proposal they cannot deliver.
“The only thing that I knew of was that he has this concept of a dividend of all Americans being able to share in the success of America,” House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, who appeared supportive of the idea, said in an interview on the sidelines of the party’s midterm convention. “But last night, no, I was just like you and everybody else when I went, ‘Oh, that’s interesting. Okay.’”
NRCC Chair Richard Hudson added in an interview: “First, I’d heard of it, so I want to talk to him and get some details before I comment.” Hudson said the idea was “exciting,” but he didn’t indicate the House GOP campaign arm would start touting the idea in ads for battleground candidates.
Iran War Updates: Oil hits $100 per barrel as Tehran fires missiles in retaliation for U.S. blowing up tankers– www.cbsnews.com
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Iran says “prohibited zone” near Hormuz to cover parts of Gulf of Oman and beyond
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Wednesday that a new “prohibited zone” outside the Strait of Hormuz would cover parts of the Gulf of Oman and beyond, adding they would announce the exact coordinates later.
“It approximately starts from the direction of Chabahar, covering part of the Sea of Oman and another part of the Arabian Sea,” IRGC Spokesman Hossein Mohebi told state television. “If a vessel enters that area without coordination, it will be subject to our sanctions.”
On Monday, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said Tehran was planning to announce a maritime “exclusion zone” outside the strait where it intends to stop vessels attempting to transit the waterway without Iranian permission.
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Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of striking Yemeni prison, killing inmates and visitors
The Houthis accused Saudi Arabia on Wednesday of carrying out an airstrike on a Yemeni prison, killing inmates as well as women and children who were visiting.
In a statement on X, Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the alleged strike on the prison in Al-Hazm, the capital of Yemen’s Al-Jawf province, took place on Monday and killed “a large number of prison inmates, along with a number of visitors including children and women.”
“The attempts by the Saudi enemy to evade responsibility for its crimes and aggression against our country will not exempt it from the consequences and repercussions of this aggression and criminality, no matter how much it tries to cover it up,” he added.
The Saudis have not responded to the Houthi claims.
The Houthis on Wednesday also accused Saudi Arabia of launching more than 30 strikes on several regions of Yemen, a day after Saudi authorities reported Houthi attacks had injured 73 people early on Tuesday, and temporarily shut several oil facilities.
Fighting in Yemen reignited last week, when the Houthis launched a major campaign to seize territory near the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait.
Iran condemns U.S. strike on oil tankers
Iran’s foreign ministry on Wednesday strongly condemned U.S. strikes on its oil tankers, describing the attacks the previous day as a threat to regional security.
“The aggressive actions by the United States against Iranian commercial vessels not only increase the dangers of tensions in the region but are also considered an overt threat to regional and international peace and security,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that Iranian forces had targeted U.S. military facilities in the region in “self-defense”.
U.S. Central Command said it disabled five Iranian tankers on Tuesday with strikes launched in response to unsuccessful Iranian missile attacks targeting a U.S. warship in recent days.
Several vessels in Gulf damaged, British maritime agency reports
Several vessels in the Persian Gulf region were on fire Wednesday, a U.K. Navy agency reported, after Iran said it had attacked more than a dozen ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz without its permission.
The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations center (UKMTO) said “several merchant vessels in the Northern Arabian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman” were hit by “disabling fire as part of ongoing military activity in the region.”
The center did not name the ships in question, but the U.S. said Tuesday night it had destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers in the gulf.
It also said a vessel 24 nautical miles northwest of Port Rashid, in the UAE, was listing, potentially due to an attack.
“The Master of a tanker has reported sighting a vessel listing while at anchor, possibly indicating water ingress following an attack from an unknown projectile,” it said.
On Wednesday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it had attacked two U.S. warships, eight oil tankers and 10 “non-compliant vessels” trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
The U.S. military’s Central Command quickly denied that any American ships had been struck.
U.S. military denies Iran’s claim to have damaged U.S. warships with missile attack
The U.S. military’s Central Command denied on Wednesday Iran’s claim to have inflicted “heavy damage” on U.S. warships.
“No U.S. Navy warship has been struck; all IRGC attempted attacks failed,” CENTCOM said in a post on social media.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed earlier that its naval forces had targeted two U.S. warships, along with eight other vessels, and “inflicted heavy damage on them.”
CENTCOM dismissed the claim as “completely FALSE” and said U.S. forces had destroyed 10 Iranian tankers “just in the last week.”
Oil prices could hit $120, analysis finds, as Americans absorb $100 billion fuel hit
An analysis by Goldman Sachs has forecast that heightened attacks in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea could push global oil prices above $120 a barrel, which would add to the surging fuel costs Americans have faced during the Iran war.
The investment bank’s forecast implies a roughly 20% increase in the cost of Brent crude, the international benchmark, which is trading at nearly $100 a barrel. Oil prices have spiked in recent weeks as the Middle East conflict drags on, with U.S. military forces striking three Iranian oil tankers on Saturday and the Houthi rebels attacking Saudi oil facilities.
Iranian forces say they targeted American warships again
Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Wednesday that it had targeted two U.S. warships and eight other vessels in retaliation for U.S. strikes on five Iranian oil tankers the previous day.
The IRGC said its naval forces had targeted the vessels in the Persian Gulf region, claiming to have “inflicted heavy damage on them.”
There was no immediate response from the U.S. military, which said Tuesday that it had warned the crews of the five Iranian tankers to abandon ship “before the vessels were struck and rendered inoperable.”
The new attacks claimed by the IRGC are the latest in a series of flare-ups in fighting between the U.S. and Iran since a ceasefire agreed to by both sides in June fell apart over disagreements regarding control over ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
Oil hits $100 per barrel for first time since July amid fighting flare-up
The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, hit $100 per barrel Wednesday morning, the highest it’s been since late July.
The increase is a continuation of an upward trend seen since August and follows a flare-up in fighting between the U.S. and Iran.
The U.S. announced late Tuesday it had struck 5 Iranian oil tankers in response to an attempted attack on its warships in the region. Iran retaliated by targeting a military base in Jordan that hosts U.S. forces. The Jordanian military said it intercepted 18 Iranian missiles and reported no casualties.
Protesters urge South Korea to not join U.S. war with Iran
Dozens of South Koreans urged their government on Wednesday not to deploy troops to the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The protesters across from the U.S. embassy compound in Seoul waved signs saying “Do not join a war of aggression” as the country’s leaders weigh a “contribution” to the waterway’s security.
“We cannot send our young people into a sea of death!” chanted the protesters on the steps outside Seoul’s Sejong Center for the Performing Arts.
The protest came a day after South Korean defence authorities said they had sent a fact-finding mission to assess the situation in Hormuz, while stressing that no decision had been made on any deployment.
South Korea said Friday it was considering “contributions” to U.S. security efforts along the strait provided that its own military readiness was not compromised.
Iran has warned that any South Korean deployment would be “regarded as direct support for the party responsible for that aggression and will have serious consequences.”
Iran-backed Houthi group reports over 30 strikes across Yemen
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis reported more than 30 Saudi strikes on several regions on Wednesday, a day after the rebels launched major attacks on their neighbor, injuring dozens of people.
There has been no official comment from Saudi Arabia about the Houthi report.
Saudi authorities previously said that Houthi attacks caused temporary shutdowns at oil sites and injured 73 people early Tuesday. The rebels reported Saudi airstrikes following the attacks.
Deadly fighting reignited in Yemen last week, when the Houthis launched a major campaign to seize territory near the Bab al-Mandab strait.
The strait has become an increasingly important route for Saudi oil since Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, choking Gulf exports.
CBS/AFP
Price of oil trades at $99 per barrel again as open hostilities resume
The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, was trading at over $99 early Wednesday, in a continuation of the upward trend seen since August.
Meanwhile, the benchmark U.S. crude rose 1.2% to $94.17 a barrel.
Before the war began in February, a fifth of the world’s oil flowed through the Strait of Hormuz but since then, traffic has plummeted, with only small periods of temporary and limited recovery.
Iran launches missiles at U.S. targets in Jordan, state media says
Iran has launched missiles toward U.S. targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media said, following the latest American strikes.
It’s the latest tit-for-tat retaliation after the U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers following two attacks on a U.S. warship by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard over the past two days.
U.S. Central Command, when asked about the strikes on the Jordanian air base, said it had no information to offer.
Jordan’s military said its air defense systems intercepted 18 ballistic missiles launched toward its territory and two others fell in places where people do not live. It says it had no reports of casualties.
Jordan is a staunch U.S. ally that hosts American forces, making the kingdom’s military bases a target of repeated Iranian strikes.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Navy also warned crews of oil tankers near ports in Kuwait and Bahrain to immediately leave their vessels, saying the ships could be targeted in retaliation for the U.S. attacks on Iranian tankers.
CENTCOM confirms it struck five Iranian oil tankers
The U.S. military’s Central Command confirmed Tuesday it “destroyed” five oil tankers associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
In a statement accompanied by video footage of the operation, CENTCOM said the strikes were in response to a set of unsuccessful Iranian missile attacks against a U.S. warship in recent days.
Four of the tankers were struck in the Gulf of Oman, according to CENTCOM, and a fifth was hit near Kharg Island, an island in the Persian Gulf that serves as Iran’s primary terminal for crude oil exports. It alleged the ships were part of Iran’s shadow fleet, a network of tankers used by Iran to export oil and generate revenue for the regime.
“American forces directed the crews to abandon ship before the vessels were struck and rendered inoperable,” CENTCOM said.
CBS News had reported on a U.S. attack against Iranian tankers earlier Tuesday.
CENTCOM also struck three Iranian oil tankers last weekend in retaliation for an earlier attempted Iranian attack against U.S. Navy ships.
Nearly One Year Later, Charlie Kirk Is Still Not Very Popular– crooksandliars.com
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A place in Indiana named Goebel Farms (no, not Goebbels – I double-checked) made a corn maze in the image of the late Charlie Kirk. They also had the Turning Point symbol and the letters RIP CK.
Since it’s revealing, the farm and the maze have received a lot of backlash and many negative reviews. In response, the farm posted this on Facebook, which was their second mistake. (The first was making the stupid maze.)
Goebel Farms would later post on Facebook explaining they recognized Kirk was a polarizing figure, but said that their tribute does not require anyone to defend or agree with his statements. The owners also claim the links to Turning Point’s website was only to provide information about the organization, and not an endorsement of the organization’s beliefs.
“Goebel Farms is a family business, not a political organization,” part of the post reads. “Our hope remains simple: that Americans can speak openly, disagree honestly, and challenge one another’s ideas without hatred or violence – and that our community can continue treating its members with dignity and respect.”
If their goal was to have honest dialogue and mutual respect, they might have wanted to choose someone who embodied those qualities instead of someone who spewed racism and misogyny at every turn—just saying.
Oil hits $100 for first time since July as chaos continues in Strait of Hormuz– www.independent.co.uk
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The price of oil crossed the $100 a barrel mark for the first time since July as continued chaos in the Middle East spooked the market.
As the market opened on Wednesday, the price for Brent Crude – the benchmark for oil across the world – hit $100.19 at around 8.15am. It later dropped slightly to $99 shortly after.
The Middle East conflict escalated this week after Iranian-backed Houthi forces in Yemen launched strikes on several Saudi cities, drawing a key US ally further into the war.
Meanwhile, the US military has said it’s destroyed five Iranian tankers carrying crude following attempts to strike a US Navy warship with ballistic missiles.
Iran claimed to have attacked two American vessels and eight oil tankers in the Gulf. Shipping crews near Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports were warned to abandon their vesels.
The latest attacks threaten to deepen disruptions to Middle East oil supplies, already strained by strikes on regional energy infrastructure and key shipping lanes.
Brent crude prices were last this high in late July.
This is a breaking news story. More to follow.
Trump escalates ally trade war, bans Canadian dairy, liquor and motorcycles from U.S.– www.washingtontimes.com
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The White House announced late Tuesday that it has banned dairy products, alcoholic beverages and motorcycles from Canada as the trade war between the two longtime allies escalates.
Nancy Pelosi Disclosed a Multi-Million Dollar AI Investment Just Weeks Before the Stock Blew Up– www.westernjournal.com
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi disclosed a multimillion-dollar investment last month in an artificial intelligence company whose stocks exploded in value soon after.
Pelosi’s husband Paul invested in Bloom Energy, a California-based company that provides fuel-cell technology and power systems aimed at meeting the enormous electricity demands of AI data centers.
According to a financial transaction report Pelosi signed Aug. 21, her household made several Bloom Energy purchases in late July.
The transactions included 10,000 shares purchased July 24, along with 100 call options, according to reporting from the New York Post. Another 5,000 shares and 100 additional call options were purchased July 28.
The disclosed value ranges put the combined transactions at a minimum of roughly $3 million, although the actual amount could have been as much as $12 million, because congressional financial disclosure forms use broad dollar ranges.
The July 24 purchases came after Bloom Energy’s stock had suffered a significant decline.
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Then came July 28.
That was the same day Bloom Energy reported extremely strong earnings, with annual revenue growth of 165 percent, according to the Post.
Bloom Energy’s stock subsequently took off.
Then, on Sept. 4, another major development arrived: Bloom Energy was announced as a new addition to the S&P 500.
The company is scheduled to join the benchmark index Sept. 21, alongside Everpure and Illumina.
Bloom Energy shares surged following the announcement, with the stock gaining nearly 40 percent over a five-day period, according to the Post.
By Tuesday, Bloom Energy shares were trading around $282.50, compared with $184.89 on July 24, the day of the first Pelosi household purchase.
That’s a striking move in a matter of weeks.
And it makes the timing of the disclosure noteworthy.
Pelosi’s office has said the former speaker does not own stocks and had no knowledge of or subsequent involvement in the transactions.
The trades were made by her husband and reported through the congressional disclosure system as transactions involving a spouse.
In an article about the transactions, financial writer Rich Duprey of 24/7 Wall Street dubbed Pelosi “the queen of capital gains.”
“Pelosi’s trading record in Congress has consistently outpaced the S&P 500 and even Warren Buffett over comparable stretches, fueling suspicion that lawmakers with committee-level oversight enjoy an informational edge,” Duprey observed.
The New York Post said Pelosi “has faced heated blowback for her family’s trading activity — racking up a 65% return on her portfolio in 2023 while her venture capitalist husband made $38 million worth of stock trades in the weeks leading up to President Trump’s inauguration.”
Duprey noted that multiple bills to ban stock trading by members of Congress have been introduced, but they’ve all stalled.
The Democratic former House Speaker’s trades have been so notable that in 2023, GOP Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri introduced one such bill that he dubbed the Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments Act – or the PELOSI Act.
Hawley later met with Democrats and agreed to change the name of the bill to the HONEST Act — Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions — which allowed enough Democratic support to advance the bill out of committee in July 2025.
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Elitist Media: Are We Going to ‘Survive’ Destructive Donald Trump?– www.newsbusters.org
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As the midterm elections get closer, the elitist media is turning up their hate machine to stoke their audiences into an anti-Trump frenzy.
MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough fearmongered that President Donald Trump was tearing down institutions “brick by brick” that keep Americans safe as he questioned: “Are we gonna survive?”
Scarborough’s MS NOW partner Mika Brzezinski claimed that Trump’s ICE agents were Nazi “shock troops” that are gunning down Americans.
This past month also saw podcaster Jennifer Welch agitate against Trump and his supporters: “They are dismantling our country. They are opening up concentration camps in the United States of America.”
MS NOW and PBS contributor Jonathan Capehart gloomily warned: “Trump is determined to destroy what makes America great.”
The leftist elitists in the entertainment industry took potshots too. Comedian Rosie O’Donnell (who fled to Ireland to escape Trump) returned to guest-host ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!. She used that show’s opening monologue to attack the President for bringing “fascism and the measles” back.
ABC’s The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg urged her anti-Trump audience to vote in the midterms because: “Our lives literally depend on this.”
The following are the most obnoxious outbursts from leftist journalists and celebrities over the last month:
Joe Scarborough: Are We Going to “Survive” Trump and His Nazi “Shock Troops?”
Joe Scarborough then continued to worry about overall Trump government policies and stated, “…the question people have is, are we going to survive? Are we going to be able to rebuild this two years from now?”
French responded in a long-winded answer that, in short, labeled the… https://t.co/ZZRIuq0qXl pic.twitter.com/uonvxiIuxq
— Nick (@nspin310) August 24, 2026
“You see what’s happened at the DOD. You see what’s happened at the Justice Department. You see what’s happened at the National Institutes of Health. All of these, all of these institutions that have been built up to protect Americans and to extend American power and safety across the globe – being torn down brick by brick, piece by piece, by this Trump Administration. And the question people have is, are we gonna survive?”
— Co-host Joe Scarborough on MS NOW’s Morning Joe, August 24.
“You’re actually going to use shock troops in the United States of America to go after not only people who are immigrants, but also Americans themselves. Time and time again, Americans are getting caught up in this, getting gunned down in the streets of America. And you look at… pic.twitter.com/cji2GRPGWm
— Geoffrey Dickens (@GCDickens) September 3, 2026
“You’re actually going to use shock troops in the United States of America to go after not only people who are immigrants, but also Americans themselves. Time and time again, Americans are getting caught up in this, getting gunned down in the streets of America. And you look at Hispanics….They’re having to carry their papers now….This is what happened in the Soviet Union. This is what happened in Nazi Germany.”
— Co-host Joe Scarborough on MS NOW’s Morning Joe, August 13.
Mika Brzezinski Attacks “Backwards, Un-American” and “Sick” Trump Immigration Policy
Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski also continued to bash ICE agents, who she described as untrained, and declared, “I’d be scared if I got near anybody like that,” while she opined the strategy was to deter people coming into the U.S. legally.
Jonathan Lemire added, “What are we… https://t.co/dKKG8XMc9B pic.twitter.com/q1sYIbRrJK
— Nick (@nspin310) August 25, 2026
“Are, again, we going after the worst of the worst, or are we just going after people to create a level of fear out there where laws can be broken, people can be detained for months, and children have to show up alone for the detention hearings? The list goes on as to how backwards, un-American, and sick this is.”
— Co-host Mika Brzezinski on MS NOW’s Morning Joe, August 25.
Jim Acosta Claims Ambassadors Keep Telling Him That Trump Era Reminds Them of 1930s Germany
Jim Acosta claims two of the top European ambassadors to the United States believe the Trump administration reminds them of 1930s Germany under Hitler….
“I was at a diplomatic function. I had an ambassador to one of our allies in Europe, come up to me and say, what’s happening… pic.twitter.com/dqMX8zJLS1
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 31, 2026
“I was at a diplomatic function. I had an ambassador to one of our allies in Europe,come up to me and say, ‘What’s happening right now, Jim, reminds me of Germany in the 1930s.’ And there was another ambassador from another U.S. ally standing next to this ambassador, and that ambassador nodded, yep, yep, and they were both saying the same thing.”
— Former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta on The Jim Acosta Show podcast, August 29.
Chris Matthews: Trump’s Not Hitler, He’s Mussolini
On Saturday, former Hardball host Chris Matthews, talking about new possible monument projects around DC, said one cannot compare Trump to Hitler, but instead said: “I think he is Mussolini.” pic.twitter.com/ySC4z73uGy
— Nick (@nspin310) August 31, 2026
“We can’t accuse anybody of being Hitler because there’s only one Hitler, fortunately. There’s only one guy that killed all the people and created a war that cost the lives of 50 million people. And not just the holocaust; that war everywhere. But I think he [Donald Trump] is Mussolini. I think he loves being – having big tributes, pretty uniforms, monuments to himself.”
— Former MSNBC Hardball host Chris Matthews on MS NOW’s Alex Witt Reports, August 29.
Kristen Welker Runs Interference for Leftist Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed
NBC’s @kwelkernbc asked if Republican “attacks” against Abdul El-Sayed, which she asserted “have no evidence” to support them, “go too far?” To @SenatorBanks: “Let me ask you, you describe Dr. El-Sayed as extreme, your Senate colleague Tommy Tuberville has called him a terrorist.… pic.twitter.com/d8aBni0oJw
— Brent Baker 🇺🇲🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@BrentHBaker) August 9, 2026
“Let me ask you, you describe Dr. El-Sayed as extreme; your Senate colleague Tommy Tuberville has called him a terrorist. Senator Ted Cruz said El-Sayed wants, quote, Sharia law. To be fair, there’s no evidence to support those claims. Do you believe those attacks go too far, Senator?”
— Moderator Kristen Welker to Sen. Jim Banks on NBC’s Meet the Press, August 9.
WATCH: NBC’s Kresten Welker runs crisis comms for Abdul El-Sayed, suggests the @NRSC should pull their ads that quote him in his own words
KRISTEN WELKER: All right. Let’s talk about another state that you raised, another big state, Michigan, the face-off between Democrat Abdul… pic.twitter.com/CTBaVVEXvS
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) August 23, 2026
“There is no evidence that [Abdul] El-Sayed supports any terrorist organization. I just want to read this. A Washington Post analysis online found that, quote, ‘nearly one in three posts about El-Sayed from right-wing figures mentioned Islam, Muslims, or sharia.’ Are Republicans trying to scare voters based on the fact that El-Sayed would be the first Muslim senator?”
— Moderator Kristen Welker to Sen. Tim Scott on NBC’s Meet the Press, August 23.
CNN’s Audie Cornish: “A Colin Powell” Wouldn’t Be Able to Rise in Pete Hegseth’s Military
CNN’s Cornish—’As a Black American’—Says That Colin Powell Wouldn’t Have Risen Under Hegseth pic.twitter.com/ue5qPIBxMB
— Mark Finkelstein (@markfinkelstein) September 3, 2026
“There’s something about calling it a meritocracy and then going around saying, ‘Based on your looks, vibes, your identity, you’re out.’ And I think that’s been very disturbing to see, certainly as a black American watching the history of your, the military being whitewashed, when so many people in the community actually were educated, mobilized, and came up through the U.S. military. I don’t think I would look at this military today and be able to say the same thing. I don’t think a Colin Powell rises in this military.”
— Host Audie Cornish after playing a montage clip of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, as aired on CNN This Morning, September 3.
Jonathan Capehart: “Donald Trump is Determined to Destroy What Makes America Great”
Jonathan Capehart monologues that “Donald Trump is determined to destroy what makes America great our democracy, our pluralism, and the educational and cultural institutions that thrive when people can freely express themselves without fear…But the Smithsonian relies heavily on… pic.twitter.com/6eEhjNk2XT
— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) September 5, 2026
“Donald Trump is determined to destroy what makes America great: our democracy, our pluralism, and the educational and cultural institutions that thrive when people can freely express themselves without fear. His fight against the Smithsonian Institution is escalating because of what Reuters describes as, quote, Trump’s ‘displeasure with what he called the institution’s excessive focus on how bad slavery was.’…The Smithsonian relies heavily on federal support, which means it’s vulnerable to the whims of a man who made history as the first convicted criminal to be elected president and let that cook for a moment.”
— Substitute host Jonathan Capehart on MS NOW’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, September 4.
Republicans Set a “Health Care Bomb” On the American People
On DNC err… PBS News Hour, Geoff Bennett asks Jonathan Capehart, “what are Democrats offering voters and what would they do if they win the midterms?”
Capehart gleefully answers, “Democrats have been talking about affordability since, what is this, ’26, 20—since this time last… pic.twitter.com/IyJyT6y9wI
— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) September 5, 2026
Anchor Geoff Bennett: “Jonathan, what are Democrats offering voters and what would they do if they win the midterms?”
Contributor Jonathan Capehart: “Democrats have been talking about affordability since, what is this, ’26, 20 – since this time last year. I believe it was last year, maybe it was ’24, but preparing people for the health care bomb that Republicans were about to set on the American people.”
— PBS News Hour, September 4.
Karoline Leavitt Became the “Most Shameless Liar” That Trump Has Ever Had as Press Secretary
“Kayleigh McEnany, she was going for the Gold in the Lie Olympics but – and I thought coming into this second term, when they announced Karoline Leavitt as the new White House press secretary, I thought – you know – I don’t know – is she ready for primetime? She’s gonna have to… pic.twitter.com/wUgDTvYGjh
— Geoffrey Dickens (@GCDickens) September 3, 2026
“Kayleigh McEnany, she was going for the Gold in the Lie Olympics but – and I thought coming into this second term, when they announced Karoline Leavitt as the new White House press secretary, I thought – you know – I don’t know – is she ready for primetime? She’s gonna have to do those special exercises that they do inside the Trump White House to really hone their skills at lying to the American people. But by golly, she put in the work. And she has, she has shown some results! She is, I think, by far the biggest and most effective and most shameless liar that Donald Trump has ever had as White House press secretary.”
— Former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta on his podcast The Jim Acosta Show, August 12.
Gayle King to Hillary Clinton on Leftist Icon Gloria Steinem: I Was In Awe of Her
‘CBS Mornings’ truly gave the game away when it had almost *EIGHT* minutes in the first 15 talking about Steine on Thursday with….Hillary Clinton pic.twitter.com/hBYuuskOED
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 5, 2026
“I woke up to this news. I just heard it an hour ago, and I felt like I’d been kicked in the stomach. I wonder if you could share your remembrances about Gloria Steinem….It is something, Madam Secretary, when you meet your heroes, and they’re everything that you think that they would be, I was in awe the first time I met her.”
— Co-host Gayle King to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on CBS Mornings, September 3.
Peter Alexander Gushes About Steinem to Nancy Pelosi: You Two Advanced Equal Rights, Despite Having to Fight Through Three Republican Presidents!
In a question to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the death of Gloria Steinem, MS NOW host Peter Alexander portrayed Steinem and Pelosi as a team fighting against Republican presidencies for women’s rights:
“You and Miss Steinem fought through three Republican presidencies… pic.twitter.com/0jeaSrK5AD
— Nick (@nspin310) September 3, 2026
“You and Miss [Gloria] Steinem fought through three Republican presidencies to advance not just women’s rights, but equal rights for everyone.”
— Host Peter Alexander to Rep. Nancy Pelosi on MS NOW’s State of Play, September 3.
NY Times Lavished Praise on Leftist Gloria Steinem, Savaged Conservative Phyllis Schlafly
“Gloria Steinem, the feminist crusader who, in galvanizing the modern women’s movement, helped millions of women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at home, at work and in society at large, died on Wednesday at her home in New York City.”
— New York Times Obituary writer Katharine Q. Seelye in September 3, 2026 obit of Gloria Steinem.
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“In her time, Mrs. [Phyllis] Schlafly was one of the most polarizing figures in American public life, a self-described housewife who displayed a moral ferocity reminiscent of the ax-wielding prohibitionist Carry Nation.”
— New York Times Obituary writer Douglas Martin in September 5, 2016 obit of Phyllis Schlafly.
Jennifer Welch: Trump and His Supporters Are “Dismantling Our Country,” “Opening Up Concentration Camps”
Jennifer Welch says Americans “should hold no punches” and “go full tilt” in attacking Donald Trump and “the 77 million people that voted for him” because they’re “awful,” “dark” people “dismantling our country” by “opening up concentration camps in the United States” pic.twitter.com/5fZIOnxa9e
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 1, 2026
“You should hold no punches in critiquing Donald Trump and all of the people in this country. You should critique the 77 million people that voted for him. You should go full tilt because it’s dark; it’s awful. They are dismantling our country. They are opening up concentration camps in the United States of America.”
— Former reality show star Jennifer Welch on her I’ve Had It podcast, August 31.
MAGA Can Only Offer “Fear-Mongering, Scare-Mongering, Xenophobia and Racism”
“There is nothing radical about not taking corporate money. There is nothing radical about wanting health care for everybody. There is nothing radical about having a politics that is more empathetic, inclusive, and accepting. MAGA is none of those things. The only thing they can… pic.twitter.com/9dSXIQMge8
— Geoffrey Dickens (@GCDickens) September 9, 2026
“There is nothing radical about not taking corporate money. There is nothing radical about wanting health care for everybody. There is nothing radical about having a politics that is more empathetic, inclusive, and accepting. MAGA is none of those things. The only thing they can offer, the American public right now, is fear-mongering, scare-mongering, xenophobia, and racism, and Islamophobia, and it has worked for a very long time since 9/11.”|
— Host Jennifer Welch on the I’ve Had It podcast, September 1.
Whoopi Pushes The View’s Anti-Trump Audience to Vote: “Our Lives Literally Depend On This”
Episode 1 of season 30 and they already engaged in electioneering, a violation of ABC’s broadcast license, by telling people how to vote to get rid of Trump:
HOSTIN: 25th Amendment.
GOLDBERG: All of these things are in our hands.
BEHAR: Vote, vote.
GOLDBERG: This is what we… pic.twitter.com/4rqFdnLNU2
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) September 8, 2026
“This is now on all of us, every one of us, doesn’t matter your color, doesn’t matter your sex, you want it to change, you’re the only one that can do it….Find out where you can vote and help your elders get to the places to vote. Help everybody you can to get out this vote because our lives literally depend on this.”
— Co-host Whoopi Goldberg on ABC’s The View, September 8.
Rosie O’Donnell Fled to Ireland Because She Thought About “All the People in Nazi Germany Who Didn’t Get Out Early Enough”
“When I told my friends, they’re like, ‘We can’t get you to go to Cancun. What do you mean you’re moving to Ireland?’ And so, you know, I was sure after I read that book, I thought about all the people in Nazi Germany who didn’t get out early enough. And I thought, I don’t want… pic.twitter.com/sV4tysWB8C
— Geoffrey Dickens (@GCDickens) September 3, 2026
“When I told my friends, they’re like, ‘We can’t get you to go to Cancun. What do you mean you’re moving to Ireland?’ And so, you know, I was sure after I read that book, I thought about all the people in Nazi Germany who didn’t get out early enough. And I thought, I don’t want that to be my truth. And I also don’t want to be engrossed in every detail of what he’s [Donald Trump] saying and doing every moment, which is what happens when you’re here in the United States.”
— Former ABC’s The View co-host and comedian Rosie O’Donnell on The Tangle with Kyle Ridley podcast, August 11.
Rosie: Trump Brought Me Back, Just like the Measles and Fascism
“This has been kind of a strange experience for me, because all of a sudden I’m re-famous. I’m back in the spotlight all thanks to President Oompa J. Loompa, who is watching us this evening from inside a catering cart. You know, I couldn’t have done it without you, sweetie. You… pic.twitter.com/PeQsxg2KyT
— Geoffrey Dickens (@GCDickens) September 3, 2026
“This has been kind of a strange experience for me, because all of a sudden I’m re-famous. I’m back in the spotlight all thanks to President Oompa J. Loompa, who is watching us this evening from inside a catering cart. You know, I couldn’t have done it without you, sweetie. You brought me back, just like you did with fascism and the measles.”
— Comedian and former ABC’s The View co-host Rosie O’Donnell guest-hosting on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, August 18.
HBO Host John Oliver: Reagan Was a “Messy Bitch,” the “Forrest Gump of Societal Ills”
Host John Oliver: “Let’s start with the fact that the basic concept of a fetus being its own person with distinct rights is nothing new — in fact, here’s one of its major proponents, laying out the argument in 1984.”
Clip of Ronald Reagan: “I believe that until and unless someone… pic.twitter.com/AcZJmdIC1h— Geoffrey Dickens (@GCDickens) September 3, 2026
Host John Oliver: “Let’s start with the fact that the basic concept of a fetus being its own person with distinct rights is nothing new — in fact, here’s one of its major proponents, laying out the argument in 1984.”
Clip of Ronald Reagan: “I believe that until and unless someone can establish that the unborn child is not a living human being, then that child is already protected by the Constitution, which guarantees life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to all of us.”
Oliver: “Yeah! There he is! It seems you cannot trace the source of any modern problem without a cameo from this messy bitch. He truly is the Forrest Gump of societal…
German vote shows rise of far-right in Europe, but it hasn’t been a steady march– abcnews.com
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BRUSSELS — The first victory of the Alternative for Germany in a state election has renewed fears of an ascendant far-right in Europe, as voters repeatedly vent discontent and mainstream leaders grapple with myriad crises, from affordability to Russian aggression and scraps with China and the United States over trade.
But while anti-immigrant, pro-Russian parties have made inroads across the continent in recent years, there have also been notable reversals, and some have softened their views to build coalitions with moderates.
The AfD fell short of an absolute majority in Sunday’s vote in Saxony-Anhalt that would have allowed it to form the first far-right state government since the Nazi era — though it may still manage to do so.
Far-right leaders from Portugal to Austria celebrated the win as they ready for elections across Europe in the coming months. These will show whether the vote was a watershed moment in the demise of an anti-fascist consensus dating back to the World War II, or the latest in a series of elections worldwide in which frustrated voters simply cast out incumbents.
The far-right’s biggest success in recent years was the rise of Giorgia Meloni, who became prime minister of Italy, one of Europe’s most influential countries, at the helm of a party with neo-fascist roots.
But Meloni, who campaigned as an EU-skeptic, took a moderate turn in office that has won praise from across the continent and led to her presiding over the most stable government in decades. She now faces a challenge from the right, in the form of an upstart party led by a retired general.
Trump Calls For NBC’s Kristen Welker To Face FCC Discipline For Comments On Endorsement Record– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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President Donald Trump said Sunday that NBC News journalist Kristen Welker would be reported to the Federal Communications Commission for “rebuke or punishment” after she described his 2026 primary endorsements as having “mixed results.”
Welker, the current host of NBC’s Meet The Press, made the remarks during an appearance on Washington, D.C., affiliate WRC-TV, not on the Sunday program itself. “He’s going to loom large over these midterms. There’s no doubt about that. He, of course, has endorsed a slate of candidates in the primaries. He’s had some mixed results, but most recently, his pick of Senator Darline Graham, of course, the sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, was successful in her primary battle, so now she takes on Dr. Annie Andrews in South Carolina,” she said.
In a Truth Social post, Trump responded by noting that his endorsement success rate is very high. “Kristen Welker, the Unpopular ‘Hostess’ of the once great Meet the Press, now considered Meet the Fake Press, just stated that Donald Trump has ‘mixed results’ on his Endorsements of Candidates, when the recent WINS of Darline Graham and Mike Mazzei, stand at 100% for the U.S. Senate, and 98% for the U.S. House, recently and over the longterm,” Trump wrote.
“How can anyone be allowed to say this, working for freely given Public Airwaves? Results are attached. Because of this purposeful inaccuracy, she will be reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment,” he added.
The president then noted that he has successfully sued multiple mainstream media outlets over incorrect or inaccurate reporting, including CBS News for selectively editing an interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris and ABC’s George Stephanopoulos for falsely claiming that he was “found liable of sexual assault” by a jury.
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🚨 WOW! President Trump announces Kristen Welker is being REPORTED TO THE FCC for LYING on public airwaves
FAFO!
“Results are attached. Because of this purposeful inaccuracy, she will be reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment. Unfortunately, she is not the only one.”… pic.twitter.com/OG0BQcexQY
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 30, 2026
CNN Criticized for Emotional Appeals in Tom Homan Border Deportation Interview– www.newsbusters.org
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On Sunday’s State of the Union, CNN host Dana Bash pressured Tom Homan — “as a border czar and as a human” — how can you be comfortable with sending Haitians back to Haiti, when it’s dangerous? Emotional appeals against most if not all deportations is what journalists do now. They can’t admit the border czar might also have emotional appeals for getting dangerous people out of the country.
Journalists like Bash sound more like ACLU activists than journalists. Haitians don’t get Temporary Protective Status from the Media. It’s permanent protection. Senior research analyst Bill D’Agostino and media analyst (Latinx-pert?) Jorge Bonilla joined the show.
Mika Brzezinski won Worst media quote of the week on this line: “Are, again, we going after the worst of the worst, or are we just going after people to create a level of fear out there where laws can be broken, people can be detained for months, and children have to show up alone for the detention hearings? The list goes on as to how backwards, un-American, and sick this is.”
Speaking of Bash, media reporter Justin Baragona of Zeteo employed anonymous CNN sources to bash Dana Bash for not being “objective” on Israel, and on Piker. As in:
“It was really disappointing to see Dana and CNN playing into these characterizations of Hasan, who is not as controversial as they’ve made him out to be,” a CNN producer told me about Dana Bash’s “bad-faith” campaign, which has seen her misconstrue Piker’s comments.”
Here’s the Iran Question That Caused Trump to Blow Up at This Reporter Today– townhall.com
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Can we please end this silly game? Someone today asked if President Trump nuking Iran was still on the table? It’s like the annoying hover parent who doesn’t listen; like this journalist doesn’t need a pen and pad — she needs a frying pan to the back of her head. If we were going to launch nuclear strikes against Iran, which was never a serious discussion, it would’ve been done already.
A 12-year-old playing any basic real-time strategy game would know that. Like, what are we even doing here?
“What a stupid question.”
President Trump fires back at a reporter who asked whether he has ruled out using a nuclear weapon against Iran.
“They’re totally defeated militarily. So now I defeat them, and now I should use a nuclear weapon on top of them? What a stupid question.” pic.twitter.com/4yDEgX7cOe
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 31, 2026
Tariffs, bullying behavior have Canadians rightfully trashing Trump– chicago.suntimes.com
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This summer, America played host to one of the biggest international events on the planet, the World Cup, drawing millions of foreigners to our cities and towns, our stadiums and our national parks, where many of them had never been before.
The consensus was, America is awesome — visitors from Bolivia, Scotland, Uzbekistan and everywhere in between marveled at the sheer size of our great nation, the diversity of our topography, the deliciousness of our foodstuffs and, perhaps most importantly, the kindness of our people. (Not to mention, our eighth wonder of the world — Buc-ee’s.)
What a difference a month makes.
Despite our friends in far-flung places singing our praises, now, to hear our closest neighbors tell it, America is nothing but a “ bully” and a “ thug.”
After trade negotiations with Canada collapsed this week, and President Donald Trump announced a whopping 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods — including Canadian whiskey and hockey sticks — it’s no surprise our friends to the north are less than pleased with their downstairs neighbors.
In our defense, not all of us are responsible for electing the bully and thug in question — and if polls are any indication, most Americans agree with Canada that Trump is doing a terrible job. But still, it’s hard to hear.
U.S. weapons shortage from Iran war alarms allies confronting China – The Washington Post
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Ayanna Pressley: ‘The Confederacy Is Still Alive and Well — That’s All MAGA Is’– www.breitbart.com
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) compared President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement to the Confederacy.
Pressley made the remarks Monday at Roxbury Community College in Boston while campaigning for Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) in his primary race against Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA).
“It is bigger than Trump,” Pressley said. “Because whenever we do the work of ousting the occupant of the Oval Office, the Confederacy is still alive and well. That’s all MAGA is.”
“White supremacy is still alive and well,” she continued. “Anti-blackness will still be alive and well.”
Markey is seeking another term in the Senate but faces a Democrat primary challenge from Moulton. Pressley endorsed Markey in March after previously considering a Senate campaign of her own.
In announcing her endorsement, Pressley pointed to their work together on immigration, criminal justice, and other progressive priorities.
“I am proud to endorse his re-election so we can continue advancing the justice-driven solutions our communities need to not only survive, but thrive,” Pressley said.
Kelly: Hegseth’s Attitude That the Military Is About Killing People ‘Not Healthy’– www.breitbart.com
Kelly: Hegseth’s Attitude That the Military Is About Killing People ‘Not Healthy’– www.breitbart.com
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On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s attitude that the U.S. military is all about killing people is “not healthy.”
Kelly said, “I think the secretary of defense has done the members of the military a big disservice by the way he’s been conducting himself in his job, getting on a stage, talking about killing people and lethality. And you know, that attitude from the top, it’s not healthy for members of the military to hear this. I mean, just the stuff he was saying today, so you could see why officers who have attended service academies—imagine if you went to West Point, and every day you’re walking by that plaque where it says when the law and orders are in conflict, you follow the law, and you think about that, you think about some of the things that the military is being asked to do. And you have a secretary of defense that’s talking about setting records, 10,000 targets struck in this period of time. And now we set a new record, 12,000. Now 14,000, by the way, on the heels of what seemed to be a horrific mistake, where a Tomahawk missile goes into a school and kills over 100 Iranian schoolgirls. But then, not to dismiss that and continue with this, with this attitude of we’re just about killing people.”
He added, “The U.S. military’s better than that. I mean, we’re supposed to be the good guys here who have a moral compass and have values, and could conduct ourselves with a certain amount of constraint and professionalism. And when I watch the secretary of defense, almost every single time he goes in front of a camera, I see the opposite of that.”